DASH2 is a boutique staffing and recruiting firm placing contractors, SOW squads, and direct hires into Denver-area teams. From our Boulder, Colorado office we cover the entire Denver metro — downtown, the Tech Center (DTC), RiNo, LoDo, Cherry Creek, Aurora, Lakewood, Centennial, and Westminster — plus the wider Front Range. Technology, legal, engineering, accounting and finance, marketing, HR, and executive roles. Fifteen years in business. Marine Corps discipline applied to recruiting. SBA-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business.
Denver staffing — what we do
We place senior individual contributors and leaders across two engagement types. Contract staffing covers project-based and contract-to-hire engagements for software engineers, AI and data engineers, DevOps and cloud architects, attorneys and paralegals, controllers and finance leaders, HR business partners, and marketing and RevOps specialists. SOW and squad engagements deliver pre-assembled teams against defined outcomes — useful when a roadmap window matters more than headcount math. Contract Staffing · SOW Engagements · Direct Hire · Nearshore LATAM
The Denver market
Denver is one of the country's fastest-growing major metros and a top-five US tech market by job growth. The corridor anchors fintech, aerospace and defense, health tech, telecom, energy and cleantech, cannabis, manufacturing, and professional services. Major Denver-area employers across these industries include Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace, Raytheon, United Launch Alliance, CenturyLink/Lumen, DISH Network, Western Union, Charter Communications, Newmont, Arrow Electronics, DaVita, Centura Health, UCHealth, Pinnacol Assurance, Vail Resorts, and a deep bench of growth-stage scale-ups across the Tech Center and downtown.
Talent supply is strong. The University of Colorado, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, and the University of Denver collectively graduate large engineering, business, and legal cohorts every year — and Denver has been a top destination for in-migrating tech and finance talent from California, the Northeast, and the Pacific Northwest for over a decade.
Why mid-market Denver companies hire DASH2
Most big-box agencies treat Denver like a sub-region of a national operation — generic intake, weak vetting, slow callbacks. DASH2 is the opposite: a local Colorado office, boutique processes, and senior recruiters who know the Denver market and the people in it. Our averages reflect that focus — three days to first submitted candidate, 3:1 submittal-to-hire ratio, 98% client retention over fifteen years. We deliver vetted candidates, not stacks of resumes.
Practice areas we cover in Denver
- Technology — software engineering, data and AI, DevOps, cloud, SRE, QA, product, engineering leadership
- Legal — contract attorneys, paralegals, compliance, ALSP engagements
- Engineering — mechanical, electrical, civil, systems, manufacturing
- Accounting & Finance — CPAs, controllers, FP&A, accounting managers
- Marketing & Sales — demand gen, RevOps, growth, content, BDR/SDR leadership
- Human Resources — HRBPs, recruiters, comp, people ops
- Executive — interim and fractional leadership across functions
About DASH2 in Colorado
DASH2 maintains a Boulder, Colorado office serving the Denver metro and the full Front Range. Founder and CEO Brandon Knotts is a retired Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier pilot; managing partner Alan Sansovich served in Force Reconnaissance. Marine Corps standards applied to recruiting — that's the difference. About DASH2 · Veteran-Owned (SDVOSB)